Last week two dead gray whales were confirmed off Kodiak Island adding to concerns by biologists that something is adversely affecting the population as it migrates north to summer feeding grounds in Arctic waters. In an email update, NOAA spokesperson Julie Speegle said the first whale had been reported on the June 5 but was not sited during an aerial …
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Whale carcass. (Photo Courtesy of Kathy Burek, Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services as authorized by NOAA’s Marine Mammal Stranding Program.) Daysha Eaton/KMXT Three dead gray whales washed up on two different Kodiak Island beaches recently. The strandings happened within the span of a week, said Mandy Migura, Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Coordinator with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. The …
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